Magazine-loader



B. F. BOWLSBY.

MAGAZINE LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6, 1920.

PatentedSept. 20,1921

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MAGAZINE-LOADER.

Application filed December 6, 1920.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, BRUCE F. BOWLSBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brampton, in the county of Sargent and State of North Dakota, have invented a new and useful Magazine-Loader, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the speedy filling of magazines of repeating rifles with loaded cartridges by means of a double cyhnder container to be attached to a belt and strapped to the person of the user and which container may be instantly applied to the slot in the magazine of the rifle for the reception of cartridges and from which container the magazine may be instantly filled.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, 1n which Figure 1 is a vertical view of the entire loader. Fig. 2 is a head view of the lower end of the loader showing the slot which covers the magazine of the rifle while in use, the slides and the grooves in which the slides run, slots for the evacuation of shells from the loader, and also stops and springs, and the slides that close the loader when not in use.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, at either side of the lower part of the block of the frame through which the tubes pass that convey cartridges to the slots below.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showing the cap which covers the upper end of the cylinder containers, and which may be removed to charge the cylinders with cartridges.

Fig. 5 is a detailed view of the slides and the spring that return to place after use, together with the openings through which loaded shells or cartridges pass to the magazine of the rifle. V

The magazine loader is a speedy reloading device. The essential elements of this device are two cylinder containers having slides at their lower ends, a compound spring which retains the slides, stops to prevent the withdrawal of slides too far, and caps to cover the upper ends of the cylinder containers.

I prefer to carry out my invention in the manner shown in the drawing. The upper ends of the tubes 2, have each an opening 1, through which cartridges are placed in said Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Serial No. 428,845.

tubes. These openings may be covered when not in use so as to hold cartridges in the tubes, or cylinder containers.

Numerals 5- 5 indicate the slides that partly close the openings B-B, at the lower ends of the cylinders, or tubes, which slides, when pulled until the stops AA hold the same at a spaced distance, allow the cartridges to pass freely, by means of gravity, into the magazine of the rifle. The slides 55 are movable in grooves in the frame 3, which supports the tubes or cylinders 22, said slides being freely movable when released after being drawn outwardly, and are drawn back into place by means of a compound spring 6.

As will be noticed, there is a slot having an enlargement at one end in each of the slides, for releasing cartridges from the cylinders, this enlargement being brought directly under and in line with the enlargement or flange of the shells or cartridges which are thus allowed to pass.

When it is desired to charge or fill the magazine of a rifle, either tube or cylinder being charged with cartridges may be placed over the entrance of the magazine of the rifle. The square shoulder brace as in the lower portion of Fig. 1 may be placed against the brace or catch on the magazine of the rifle. This shoulder spaces the distance and most substantially allows the opening of the tube or cylinder to be held flush with that of the opening in magazine of rifle. Then when slide 55 is pulled, the cartridges pass, in an instant,

into the magazine of the rifle by means of gravity or weight of the shells.

The object ofmy invention is that the user of this loader may insert the cartridges or fill his rifle to its capacity in the same time as required to insert a single cartridge by hand. By the use of this machine the user or person may have a number of these loaders attached to a belt or strapped to his waist. These being filled to their capacity, he may, with his rifle, fire or charge several hundred of these shells per minute.

I claim:

1. A magazine loader comprising a frame, parallel feed cylinders having curved lower ends provided with apertures and supported by said frame, said cylinders adapted to deliver cartridges in a substantially horizontal liver cartridges in a substantially horizontal position, and control slides having openings position, control slides having openings for for registry With the apertures. registry With the vapertures, a common slide 10 2. A magazine loader comprising a frame, retaining spring, slide stops, and caps for .5 parallel feed cylinders having curved lower said cylinders.

ends provided with apertures and supported by said frame, said cylinders adapted to de- BRUCE F. BOWLSBY. 

